Determination of trace elements in sediments

Manual of Physico-Chemical Analysis of Aquatic Sediments

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 85-146

  Hall, Gwendy E M ^a  

^a GSC Emeritus   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203748176-5     Document Type: Chapter

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